What are the common forms of employment discrimination, prohibited by law?
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the prominent anti-discrimination law, prohibits an employer with fifteen or more employees from refusing to hire, discipline, fire, deny training, fail to promote, pay less or demote, or harass an employee on the basis of race, national origin, gender, or religion. The federal Equal Pay Act requires any employer that is already subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act to provide equal pay to men and women who perform “equal work,” unless the difference in pay is caused by differences in seniority, merit or some other factor that is not based upon sex. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) prohibits discrimination against employees or applicants who are over the age of forty, by any employer with twenty or more employees. The Immigration Reform and Control Act bars any employer with more than three employees from discriminating against a U.S. citizen, or an “intended citizen”(such as one who may work legally but is not yet a citizen)
